BOS @ BAL, Friday, May 30, 2008 Game Preview

Boston Red Sox, 32-24, 2nd, 1 GB, 2 up in WC	SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 5-4, 4.43) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-4) 61 55 31 30 11 65 10 4.43 2007 (20-7) 200.2 189 76 73 40 194 17 3.27 2006 (16-11) 204.2 191 120 114 74 158 36 5.01 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-3 49.2 47 23 22 6 54 9 3.99 58 2008-05-24 @OAK L 7 7 2 2 0 9 1 107 64 2008-05-18 MIL W 7 6 6 6 1 9 4 107 49 2008-05-13 @BAL L 5.2 11 5 5 2 5 1 97 30 2008-05-08 @DET W 7 6 1 1 0 8 0 102 69 2008-05-03 TBR W 8 7 4 4 1 5 2 100 56 2008-04-27 @TBR L 7 4 2 1 1 13 1 107 75 2008-04-17 @NYY W 8 6 3 3 1 5 0 105 62 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BAL 2-2 33.1 37 16 16 6 34 4 4.32 53 2008-05-13 @BAL L 5.2 11 5 5 2 5 1 97 30 2007-09-09 @BAL W 7 7 2 2 0 8 2 116 63 2007-08-11 @BAL W 8.2 8 2 2 0 8 0 113 68 2007-07-31 BAL L 8 9 5 5 2 6 1 107 48 2007-05-13 BAL ND 4 2 2 2 2 7 0 64 55
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 21-5 Road: 11-19 ExtrInn: 1-1 vsRHP: 26-22 vsLHP: 6-2 1-Run: 9-8 vsEast: 8-11 vsCntrl:12-5 vsWest: 9-8 IL: 3-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 56 Wed, May 28 @SEA L 0-1 32-24 2nd 1.5 gb 55 Tue, May 27 @SEA L 3-4 32-23 2nd 0.5 gb 54 Mon, May 26 @SEA W 5-3 32-22 2nd 0.5 gb 53 Sun, May 25 @OAK L 3-6 31-22 2nd 0.5 gb 52 Sat, May 24 @OAK L 0-3 31-21 1st 0.5 up 51 Fri, May 23 @OAK L 3-8 31-20 1st 1.5 up 50 Thu, May 22 KCR W 11-8 31-19 1st 2.5 up 49 Wed, May 21 KCR W 6-3 30-19 1st 2.0 up 48 Tue, May 20 KCR W 2-1 29-19 1st 1.0 up 47 Mon, May 19 KCR W 7-0 28-19 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:17-13
Baltimore Orioles, 26-26, 4th, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC	SP: Daniel Cabrera (27, RHP, 5-1, 3.70) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (5-1) 73 64 30 30 30 42 10 3.70 2007 (9-18) 204.1 207 133 126 108 166 25 5.55 2006 (9-10) 148 130 82 78 104 157 11 4.74 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 50.1 42 17 17 16 28 5 3.04 58 2008-05-25 @TBR ND 5.2 9 4 4 6 1 1 118 30 2008-05-20 @NYY W 7 5 2 2 0 4 1 86 63 2008-05-14 BOS W 7 10 3 3 0 3 2 103 48 2008-05-08 @KCR W 9 3 1 1 1 7 0 116 83 2008-05-03 @LAA L 7.1 6 3 3 2 6 0 102 58 2008-04-28 @CHW ND 6.1 4 2 2 7 2 1 102 52 2008-04-23 @SEA W 8 5 2 2 0 5 0 95 69 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.BOS 1-4 29 34 15 15 14 27 4 4.66 48 2008-05-14 BOS W 7 10 3 3 0 3 2 103 48 2007-09-07 BOS L 3.2 6 3 3 2 4 0 75 39 2007-09-02 @BOS L 6 5 3 3 4 7 1 117 53 2007-04-25 BOS L 6.2 5 3 3 5 5 1 117 52 2006-09-12 BOS L 5.2 8 3 3 3 8 0 109 46
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 16-8 Road: 10-18 ExtrInn: 2-2 vsRHP: 21-19 vsLHP: 5-7 1-Run: 12-8 vsEast: 11-13 vsCntrl: 5-4 vsWest: 8-8 IL: 2-1 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 53 Wed, May 28 NYY L 2-4 26-26 4th 5.5 gb 52 Tue, May 27 NYY W 10-9 (11) 26-25 4th 4.5 gb 51 Mon, May 26 NYY W 6-1 25-25 4th 5.5 gb 50 Sun, May 25 @TBR L 4-5 24-25 5th 5.5 gb 49 Sat, May 24 @TBR L 4-11 24-24 4th 5.0 gb 48 Fri, May 23 @TBR L 0-2 24-23 3rd 5.0 gb 47 Thu, May 22 @NYY L 1-2 24-22 3rd 5.0 gb 46 Wed, May 21 @NYY L 0-8 24-21 3rd 4.0 gb 45 Tue, May 20 @NYY W 12-2 24-20 3rd 3.0 gb 44 Sun, May 18 WSN L 1-2 23-20 3rd 2.5 gb Last 10: 3-7 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:12-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, May 14, 2008 BAL 6 BOS 3 W:Daniel Cabrera (4-1), L: Craig Hansen (0-2), S: George Sherrill (15) Tue, May 13, 2008 BAL 5 BOS 4 W:Jeremy Guthrie (2-3), L: Josh Beckett (4-3), S: George Sherrill (14) Sun, Sep 09, 2007 BOS 3 @BAL 2 W:Josh Beckett (18-6), L: Chad Bradford (3-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (35) Sat, Sep 08, 2007 BAL 11 BOS 5 W:Jon Leicester (1-1), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (14-12), S: none Fri, Sep 07, 2007 BOS 4 @BAL 0 W:Jon Lester (4-0), L: Daniel Cabrera (9-15), S: none Thu, Sep 06, 2007 BOS 7 @BAL 6 W:Clay Buchholz (3-0), L: Danys Baez (0-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (34) Sun, Sep 02, 2007 BOS 3 BAL 2 W:Jon Lester (3-0), L: Daniel Cabrera (9-14), S: Jonathan Papelbon (31) Sat, Sep 01, 2007 BOS 10 BAL 0 W:Clay Buchholz (2-0), L: Garrett Olson (1-3), S: none Fri, Aug 31, 2007 BAL 9 @BOS 8 W:Kurt Birkins (1-1), L: Julian Tavarez (7-10), S: Danys Baez (3) Sun, Aug 12, 2007 BAL 6 BOS 3 (10) W:Chad Bradford (1-4), L: Kyle Snyder (2-3), S: none Season Series: 2008 - BAL leads 2-0; 2007 - BOS won 12-6; 2006 - BOS won 15-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1104-913

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2008 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

CHC 5.63

LAD 4.47

SDP 3.55

RA/G

TOR 3.55

FLA 4.65

TEX 5.51

C. Jones .420

J. Hermida .266

R. Weeks .204

OBP

C. Jones .500

K. Millar .330

K. Greene .262

SLG

L. Berkman .758

E. Encarnacion .422

J. Bartlett .286

OPS

L. Berkman 1.228

J. Loney .756

F. Sanchez .574

ERA

E. Volquez 1.31

J. Suppan 3.93

B. Bonser 6.16

K/9IP

E. Volquez 11.03

N. Robertson 6.33

J. Garland 2.38

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Boston Red Sox Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Cabrera
G/S/vB 34.Albers
G/S/vB 53.Bradford
G/S/vB 54.Cormier
G/S/vB 43.Johnson
G/S/vB 45.Sarfate
G/S/vB 52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB 32.Walker*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

22.Casey* G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· 2/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 81/68 .356/.420/.452/.872 .724/.900 .718 22/.838 0/0 0/

36.Cash G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 59/45 .302/.356/.377/.733 1.238/.582 .891 21/.619 0/0 0/

13.Cora* G/S/vP 25/1.217 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 31/26 .357/.419/.393/.812 1.550/.679 .840 26/.628 0/0 0/

10.Crisp# G/S/vP 13/.749 ··· 6/1.467 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 11/.819 125/99 .267/.301/.414/.715 .969/.651 .639 59/.756 6/0 2/

7.Drew* G/S/vP 12/.944 ··· 6/.900 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 5/.400 175/148 .282/.383/.409/.792 .808/.789 .845 82/.799 1/1 4/

46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 10/1.300 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 193/158 .273/.377/.391/.768 .686/.787 .516 101/.709 20/2 4/

25.Lowell G/S/vP 17/1.529 ··· 9/.333 7/.429 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 153/126 .270/.320/.475/.795 .921/.769 .764 108/.913 0/1 6/

23.Lugo G/S/vP 22/.536 ··· 9/.444 5/1.800 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 174/147 .279/.347/.325/.671 .576/.689 .567 71/.725 6/3 0/

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 28/.629 1/.000 2/.000 2/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 8/.375 17/1.471 236/192 .249/.356/.473/.829 .535/.898 .696 113/1.022 0/0 12/

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 8/1.250 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 253/205 .284/.325/.392/.718 .674/.728 .627 117/.689 6/0 3/

24.Ramirez G/S/vP 16/.606 1/.000 15/1.266 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 5/2.000 222/190 .292/.378/.503/.881 .768/.900 .963 101/.712 1/0 9/

33.Varitek# G/S/vP 21/.777 ··· 20/1.017 2/.500 2/no AB ··· 2/2.000 14/.630 160/136 .268/.350/.472/.822 .913/.806 .733 81/.922 0/0 6/

20.Youkilis G/S/vP 20/1.138 ··· 6/1.100 3/1.666 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 217/188 .306/.369/.549/.918 1.245/.874 .940 94/1.010 2/2 9/

IP 73.0 36.0 17.0 11.1 29.1 21.1 22.2 15.2 TOTAL .282/.355/.441/.796 .821/.790 .745 .829 42/9 58/34

ERA-K/9

3.70/5.2

2.25/4.8

2.65/4.8

1.59/9.6

1.23/5.2

3.38/9.7

3.57/7.5

4.60/7.5

4.13/5.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Cash (21-4-7)
Varitek (19-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 310/.236 149/.231 73/.288 43/.135 111/.143 95/.237 95/.188 75/.358 .253 Ramirez
Crisp
Drew
Ellsbury
Youkilis
Lugo 48/0/0/4
0/39/0/3
0/0/42/3
21/26/10/2
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0

OPS .709 .568 .702 .499 .389 .699 .610 .973 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 181/.736 77/.498 25/.962 24/.442 50/.452 45/.789 31/.450 47/1.153 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.671 72/.642 48/.571 19/.563 61/.340 50/.612 64/.688 28/.631 .712

Home 106/.958 85/.493 38/.697 8/.393 51/.305 42/.798 52/.536 42/.574 .742

Last 28d days 145/.692 61/.647 29/.824 43/.499 60/.489 33/.649 45/.585 36/1.094

HR/SB/CS 10/11/2 1/1/1 1/0/1 1/2/0 0/1/1 1/3/1 2/2/0 3/1/0 53/48/13

Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· ·o·o··o· ··X··X·· ·oo·X··X ··o··X·· ··X·o·o· ·X·oo·o·

Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 19.Beckett
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB 56.Hansen
G/S/vB 48.Lopez*
G/S/vB 37.Okajima*
G/S/vB 58.Papelbon
G/S/vB 50.Timlin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

3.Bynum* G/S/vP 7/.533 1/4.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 54/48 .220/.264/.300/.564 .333/.595 .321 54/.564 0/1 0/

13.Cintron# G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 18/10 .412/.444/.412/.856 .500/1.156 1.000 18/.856 0/1 0/

2.Hernandez# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 91/72 .241/.295/.253/.549 .463/.570 .643 29/.472 2/0 0/

55.Hernandez G/S/vP 24/.683 2/2.000 4/.833 3/2.000 2/3.000 2/.000 4/.500 12/1.017 155/129 .222/.253/.361/.614 .549/.628 .627 67/.585 0/0 4/

17.Huff* G/S/vP 25/.572 ··· 5/.400 ··· 5/.800 4/.000 4/.000 18/.745 215/160 .244/.307/.437/.744 .533/.820 .748 101/.663 2/0 8/

10.Jones G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 4/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 192/153 .253/.302/.365/.667 .756/.645 .761 86/.591 4/1 2/

21.Markakis* G/S/vP 22/.864 1/no AB 6/1.000 1/.000 5/.000 7/.476 4/.000 7/1.286 221/165 .251/.367/.433/.800 .806/.797 .801 100/.748 7/2 9/

15.Millar G/S/vP 14/.500 1/3.000 5/.200 2/.000 2/.500 4/.500 4/.000 7/1.238 218/166 .241/.330/.393/.723 .718/.724 .852 99/.824 0/1 8/

6.Mora G/S/vP 13/1.077 ··· 5/.650 3/2.334 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.334 21/.838 213/167 .258/.313/.428/.741 1.041/.663 .787 89/.878 2/4 7/

16.Payton G/S/vP 24/.750 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.750 3/.666 5/.000 109/71 .238/.287/.376/.663 .816/.568 .615 56/.747 3/0 4/

24.Quiroz G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/39 .244/.320/.333/.653 .968/.540 .590 25/.522 0/0 1/

1.Roberts# G/S/vP 22/1.059 2/1.000 2/.500 1/no AB 7/.286 3/1.000 5/.400 14/.721 221/164 .271/.357/.427/.785 .793/.781 .869 93/.711 13/5 3/

30.Scott* G/S/vP 4/2.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 170/142 .247/.329/.440/.769 .494/.822 .968 70/.739 1/1 6/

IP 61.0 24.1 21.0 10.0 18.2 22.0 24.0 15.2 TOTAL .247/.317/.394/.711 .729/.706 .767 .702 34/16 53/33

ERA-K/9

4.43/9.6

2.96/7.8

5.14/6.9

7.20/6.3

3.38/5.8

0.82/7.8

2.25/10.9

6.89/3.4

4.08/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hernandez (35-10-2)
Quiroz (13-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 247/.237 109/.218 95/.282 48/.256 80/.246 86/.192 95/.231 71/.333 .245 Markakis
Scott
Jones
Payton 0/0/51/8
35/0/0/2
0/51/0/1
31/3/2/1

OPS .674 .694 .798 .775 .714 .552 .588 .922 .707

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.624 47/.613 30/.578 19/.868 42/.701 32/.560 50/.578 31/1.062 .687

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 118/.729 62/.755 65/.906 29/.718 38/.721 54/.547 45/.599 40/.808 .721

Road 164/.633 51/.532 48/.731 23/.598 26/.763 45/.387 44/.758 44/.785 .689

Last 28d days 143/.763 42/.745 42/.718 40/.750 31/.591 44/.513 47/.585 36/.560

HR/SB/CS 10/2/2 1/2/0 2/3/0 2/0/0 2/1/2 2/0/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 51/40/11

Usage ·····X·· ··X···XX ··X··X·· ····X··X ····o··o ··XX···· ···X···o ··o·X·X·

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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Game Preview: BOS @ BAL, 7:05pm, Friday, May 30, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 5-4, 4.43)

SP: Daniel Cabrera (27, RHP, 5-1, 3.70)

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